Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 227 The Formation of Medical Specialties

The Empire's ace troops are the knights and the Knights, whose powerful mobility really gives humans an unparalleled strategic advantage.

Just like now, although Su Li already knows that the decisive battle is about to break out, and even the Green Dragon is likely to gather troops to march towards the Hessen Territory, Su Li can still easily send out cavalry troops to resolve the surrounding wars.

They all marched towards Hesseburg from the edge of the territory. The cavalry could fight a battle, collect the spoils and return, and then wait for their turn. It was possible that the Dryad Legion had not yet assembled and arrived at the gates of Hesseburg.

"A group of Chaos Knights have arrived in the Hessen Territory?" Hearing Su Li's instructions, Orstein's eyes lit up with eagerness. "Since it's a large group, the size can't be less than 100, right? I will personally lead the Knights to meet these Chaos Knights. Hundreds of heavily armored Chaos Warriors are wandering here, and they are delivering valuable supplies to our territory."

Orstein probably really couldn't sit still. Seeing that his physical condition was indeed not serious, Su Li agreed to his request.

These Chaos Warriors are all wearing heavy armor, and the armor of both the man and the horse may weigh tens of thousands of pounds, which is equivalent to the dwarves working hard to dig hundreds of thousands of pounds of iron ore.

And maybe they also have vibranium on them, which can further increase the number of territory rune armor. When the territory rune armor reaches 60 sets, the combat power will be truly formidable.

After Orstein left, Su Li commanded the soldiers to continue cleaning up the God-chosen flesh and blood on the walls of Hesse Castle. Much of this flesh and blood was pierced through the bodies by the rubble and brought to the city walls.

It’s not that Su Li was reluctant to give up these scraps of flesh and dirty blood, but given that the ratmen were full of plague and viruses, if he really didn’t care about the remaining blood, they would quickly corrode and pollute the castle and spread a large amount of plague virus.

Hundreds of people cleaned up the place, and it wasn't until noon that all the blood and flesh was cleared away.

Then Su Li brought these flesh and blood to the Shalya Temple. The tallest Shalya Temple in the territory was made of marble. Its appearance gave people a feeling of holiness and solemnity. At the same time, it was not only a place for religious activities, but also served as a hospital, relief home and other functions.

The teachings of the Goddess of Mercy led them to adopt a large number of orphans who had lost their parents or were abandoned. When these orphans grew up, most of them became medical staff of the order and continued to inherit the goddess' spirit of mercy.

Unlike other temples, the armed group of the Temple of Sharya is not very powerful, and the few members of the Medical Knights rarely form an army to initiate war. Unless they are protecting civilians and retreating, most of them are in hospitals and temples to comfort the patients and some people who are in mental despair and collapse.

Su Li was young and strong, and this was his first time at the hospital in this territory, so he asked Dietrich, who was accompanying him, "Does this temple have a name?"

The panda eyes on Dietrich's face have disappeared after treatment, but in front of the Lord of Hesse, he can no longer maintain his image, so he simply gives up and doesn't maintain any demeanor.

He replied directly to Su Li: "It doesn't have a name, but the people of the territory call it the Holy Mercy Temple."

Su Li shook his head and said, "That won't work. My Minister of Agriculture once told me a theory that a meaningful name can greatly increase the reputation of a building."

"Your temple will definitely be upgraded and expanded in the future. Currently, our territory has only invested approximately 2000 gold crowns in you, but in the future we will invest 5000 or even 10000 gold crowns. By then, you will likely become the largest medical temple in Hesse, and even the entire Border Prince Territory. With an outstanding reputation, you will attract countless believers to make pilgrimages and countless patients to spend large sums of money for treatment. You must have an outstanding name."

Dietrich frowned and said, "My Lord, you should know that the status of a religious temple does not depend on its size."

Of course Su Li knew that a mountain is magical not because of its height, but because of the immortals living there; a river is magical not because of its depth, but because of the dragons living there.

The advantage of having a long history is that empires that have lasted for thousands of years can always find common history and ideas.

Su Li then waved his hand and said, "That's right. Only with the manifestation of Shaerya's grace can the status of the temple be proven."

After saying that, Su Li looked at Dietrich and said with a smile: "I actually know the location of a statue of Shaerya. As long as you are around the statue, you can be healed."

The followers of Shaurya are still very devout. The small temples in the south of the territory are crowded with civilians who have no money to see a doctor. They firmly believe that even if they do not receive treatment, just being close to Shaurya's temple can alleviate their despair and pain.

If this large temple in Shalya really achieved all this because of the effect of religious icons, then it might really make this temple one of the holy places of the Shalya Church.

You know, even a small statue of Shalya, which can only provide a weak protection effect for a short time, is worth hundreds of gold crowns.

If Su Li dug out a large ancient statue of Shalya from under the pool, the healing effect it would provide would surely be unparalleled, and it would also greatly increase the speed of the Shalya Church's missionary work.

This caused Dietrich's eyes to immediately become wild, as if he had become decades younger and returned to the time when he was young and peeked at beautiful women in the obstetrics and gynecology department: "My Lord, where is this statue of Her Majesty Shalya?"

Su Li smiled slightly, but was not in a hurry to talk about this topic anymore. Instead, he asked, "The manors, castles, and towns in my territory are all lacking religious statues of Shaerya. I was wondering where to place this statue after it is dug out. The Goddess of Mercy must hope that her light can illuminate more believers and dispel the physical pain and inner despair of mortals."

"How many priests and medical personnel does your church have? How many religious icons can it produce?"

Dietrich immediately understood what Su Li meant. In this world, religion belongs to religion and secular things belong to secular things. The lord invests in any religious facilities in order to seek returns.

Just like the Knights of the Church, although they are not usually under the command of the lord, after accepting donations and funding from the lord, they are naturally bound to help the lord fight in certain circumstances.

This is the case with the Knights of the Corona of Hessen. When Hessen was invaded by foreign enemies, these knights lived up to the funding and base provided by Hessen. It can be said that whether facing the terrifying and bloody Chosen of Khorne or the overwhelming Green Dragon Legion, the knights fought throughout the entire battle.

Therefore, Su Li always thought of them when there was anything good, and would give priority to them and the Church of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun if there was any religious funding.

Now the Church of the Goddess of Healing and Mercy should also express its opinion. Otherwise, why would the Lord of Hesse place such a precious religious icon in their temple?

Dietrich immediately said, "Lord, this temple and hospital were both sponsored by you. We, the followers of Shaerya, all know that without your support, our church would never have been able to build such a magnificent temple so quickly. So, please continue to name this temple. Our church's 27 priests and 132 medical staff are willing to dedicate their all to serving you and the growth of your territory."

Their 27 priests are easy to understand, that is, 27 extraordinary knights and nuns, and 132 medical personnel. This can be compared to the believers or armed servants of the Church of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun.

They also devoutly believe in Shalya and devote themselves to spiritual practice. They are reserve personnel for the extraordinary professions of the Church of the Goddess of Healing and Mercy. After training and study, they may become apprentice knights or nuns. It is somewhat similar to the armed squire training camp at Bauhinia Castle, but one belongs to the secular armed forces, and the other to the church.

These medical personnel are not weak and can go to the battlefield to fight and treat the wounded at the same time.

After all, the empire is a place where martial virtue flourishes. Apart from foreign gods like the Church of Dawn, the believers of the gods native to the empire are all strong and powerful. Even the Knights Hospitaller can swing their sledgehammers high. Their correct name should not be priests, but battle priests and Knights Hospitaller.

If they also went to the battlefield, Su Li would be much more confident in the decisive battle against the Green Dragon.

Su Li still remembered that these medical personnel were brought by Dietrich. The intelligence at the time said that a champion-level priest of the Shalya Church would bring dozens of medical personnel to the territory.

They just don't have a temple, not that they don't have priests. If the territory does not support them, they can also preach slowly, then collect donations from believers and start preaching from a small church.

Therefore, Su Li did not intend to force them, and had no intention of turning this monastery into a public hospital. Government relief was not the style of this world, relief belonged to the church.

Su Li's goal was to get these churches to cooperate, so after Dietrich finished his report, Su Li said, "In this case, this temple should be called St. Shalyahesen Temple, or St. Renji Hospital."

"I can send Shaurya's religious icon to the hospital square and let the healing light shine throughout the hospital."

After that, Su Li asked curiously, "Why don't you tell me about the religious icons in your church?"

Dietrich said calmly, "Our church doesn't prioritize religious icons. While we occasionally produce some, we mostly focus on producing potions. After all, civilians, travelers, and even Knights-Errant can't carry religious icons everywhere they go. However, they do need large quantities of potions to treat wounds and illnesses."

Hearing this, Su Li nodded, thinking that what he said made sense.

Su Li had also seen the statues in the territory of Shaurya. Most of them were fixed in certain areas to restore the physical strength of tired travelers, or in certain areas, for pedestrians and residents to rest.

Even the religious icon I placed in the bathroom last night was only an [enhanced treatment], which could only last for a short time and would not be effective all the time.

Religious statues like those on the benches and roadsides also need to accumulate divine grace over a period of time before they can provide divine blessings to a traveler who comes by chance.

Therefore, most people rest under the statue of Shalya when passing by, just for psychological comfort, and occasionally receive divine blessings.

However, the healing potions produced in temples and hospitals can be effective for a long time.

Su Li asked curiously, "What potions does your temple produce now?"

Dietrich's spirits brightened when he heard this. He said, "Our main product now is the Hand of Shaurya, which provides simple treatment to patients and speeds up the healing of wounds." "How is the production volume?"

"Most of the small temples in the territory have negligible production, barely enough to heal nearby wounded. This large temple is the only one that can truly achieve scale. After deducting the hospital's consumption, there are still 35 left over every day."

35 bottles a day? That's over 40 bottles for 1000 days a month.

Territory Drugs
Su Li immediately asked with concern: "What are the effects and prices?"

Dietrich replied frankly, "The price is very low, only 50 silver coins. Of course, the effect is minimal, only effective for some minor injuries."

"But fortunately, the production cost of this potion is also very low. It only requires three swift grasses, three bone-setting grasses, and one tranquilizing flower."

50 silver coins, this price is actually not low.

For a farmer, it takes a full six months of work to buy such a medicine to heal the minor injuries on his body. These minor injuries do not refer to skin injuries, but ordinary injuries that will leave permanent sequelae, except for broken hands and feet, damage to internal organs, etc. Even minor bone fractures and cracked ribs are considered minor injuries.

Of course, don't think that this fee is very high. If you find a supernatural being to treat you, such as a formal magician or a natural wizard, then the minimum fee for casting a spell to treat this kind of injury is 1 gold crown.

Only the believers of the Church of Sharya, who have compassion for ordinary people and the poor, would develop such an ordinary potion.

The only relatively expensive one in his production cost is the Tranquilizing Flower, but only one plant is needed, while the other Swift Grass and Die-Die Grass have a very large planting area.

These two basic herbs were cultivated over 20 mu (approximately acres) of the land. Of course, the tranquilizing flower, relying on the powerful Ji Lun wind attracted by the sacred wisteria tree, also covered an area of ​​over mu (approximately acres). All of this supported a spiritual medicine farm.

There are more than 4000 tranquilizing flowers per acre. If only this basic potion is made, the annual output is enough to make 160000 doses. Although the tranquilizing flowers have strict requirements on production conditions, they can be harvested twice a year, which is enough to support the consumption of the two churches, the Church of Shalya and the Church of the Goddess of Dawn.

Su Li remembered that when Fandral reported to him, he said that the annual output of the territory's spiritual medicine fields was worth up to 1000 gold crowns.

If this kind of potion is made, the profit from the potion alone will be 17.5 gold crowns per day, which means that in 400 days a year, you can earn 7000 gold crowns!

This made Su Li feel a little happy. If the territory could get an extra 7000 gold crowns in financial revenue, his pressure would be relieved a lot.

Of course, the profits from these potions do not belong entirely to Su Li. He is now in a cooperative state with the Shaerya Church. He provides the materials and the Shaerya Church provides the technology. The profits from the produced potions are divided equally between the two parties, and the Shaerya Church has to pay taxes on its share of the profits.

Tax day treats everyone equally; even doctors, churches, and hospitals have to file taxes.

So it can be said that most of the profits from the produced potions were given to Su Li, and the remaining part was used to maintain the operation of the entire church and hospital.

This actually means that the medical specialty of Hessen Territory has been formed. This is the case in many industries. Too high-end products cannot actually make much profit. Only by maintaining brand value can the huge production scale of mid- and low-end products provide unparalleled profits.

Just like the potion [Tears of Mercy], it is extremely powerful and extremely expensive. The starting price of one potion is 100 gold crowns. However, due to its high price and harsh production conditions, the opportunity to use it is extremely rare.

Even with the current level of the Hesse Territory, this kind of potion can only produce seven or eight bottles a year. Even if its profit margin is as high as 7000%, the output limits its profit scale, and the highest is only more than 600 gold coins.

On the other hand, a farmer could still purchase a single dose of these common potions if he tried hard. Birth, aging, sickness, and death were inevitable, and any family, in dire straits, could scrape together 5000 copper coins.

Then Su Li asked, "Does your church still have the energy to produce other potions?"

"We do have some spare capacity. According to estimates, our church's monastery is more magnificent, and the amount of [Tears of Mercy] produced will be 2-4 more than the Dawn Church's [Blood of the Earth]. This is a conservative estimate. If any divine grace descends upon our territory, the number of [Tears of Mercy] produced may even exceed 10."

Su Li was very confident in the expectation that the number of Tears of Mercy would exceed 10, but he felt that Dietrich was a little too optimistic when he said that their production would exceed that of the Church of Dawn.

In terms of obtaining divine grace in the territory, the speed of the Dawn Church may be one of the best. After all, Su Li may not fight, but he will definitely not stop farming.

He values ​​farming so much that he is simply the most favored treasure of the Goddess of Dawn.

Moreover, the Goddess of Dawn is extremely generous. Su Li feels that the scale of divine grace bestowed by the Goddess of Dawn on the territory may be greater than that of the Goddess of the Sun.

The amount of [Blood of the Earth] potions produced in the territory is far greater than normal.

Su Li then asked, "This kind of top-level potion would be very large in our territory. Apart from this, does your church have any mid-range potions?"

Dietrich nodded and replied, "That's [Divine Solace]. This potion can quickly heal soldiers' wounds and illnesses, soothe their hearts, and reduce their pain and fear. As long as we ensure the production of [Hand of Sharya], we can produce 40 bottles of [Divine Solace] per month. Each bottle of this potion sells for at least three Gold Crowns. However, it consumes a lot of Tranquility Flowers, at least four per potion."

The quantity of this potion is relatively scarce, only 40 bottles per month, and even more than 500 bottles per year, which is not enough to arm Su Li's direct attendants.

So Su Li instructed: "After the religious statue is brought back, it will greatly relieve the pressure on your diagnosis and treatment. After freeing up manpower, you can make more medicines to increase the combat effectiveness of the territory army."

"Oh, by the way, I also brought some flesh and blood of the God-Chosen-level ratmen. You should purify it as well. I will need it later."

The Church of the Goddess of Healing and Mercy still hoped to maintain good relations with the territory, so they immediately gave their all to the task given to them by Su Li, and quickly purified the flesh and blood of the group of God-chosen ratmen that Su Li brought with him.

However, there are still more than 300 kilograms of rat-man flesh and blood that have not been purified yet stored in this temple, so Su Li specially left a group of 60 armed attendants here to guard this place to prevent some secret rats from causing trouble and stealing this flesh and blood to spread the plague.

Mahjong Su Li brought 40 kilograms of flesh and blood to the river intersection on the central plain and poured all the flesh and blood into the river.

Based on his understanding of the intelligence system over this period of time, he knew that the figures given by the general intelligence system were the most conservative estimates, and in fact would definitely not be lower than the intelligence he provided.

For example, the number of fish caught during the last fishing trip was significantly higher than the number estimated by intelligence.

Therefore, Su Li felt that 20 kilograms should be the minimum effective number. He invested double the number at one time, which would most likely attract more fish.

No matter how skilled a fisherman is, he still has to bait the bait first to attract enough fish so that he can catch more fish.

The flesh and blood of the Ratman God's Chosen One was extremely active. When 40 kilograms of flesh and blood were poured into the river, it felt like pouring into a pool of blood, and the entire river surface was dyed red with blood.

Before the blood could flow down the river, Phyllis, who was following Su Li, exclaimed, "Lord, do you think the river is boiling?"

She was a woman and didn't dare to watch such a scene of blood flowing like a river, but Su Li stared carefully for a moment and found that it was not the river water that was boiling, but a large number of fish that rushed over. The shimmering river surface seemed to be boiling under the blood.

Soon, this scene also attracted pedestrians on the bridge. Countless people gathered to watch, and some exclaimed: "So many fish! There must be thousands of them, right?"

"Praise be to Rhea for her generosity. Never have I seen so many fish! Quick, quick, cast your nets!"

Soon, the fishermen from the territory came over in their boats. They were also very surprised. What day was it that had so many fish gathered here?
Only they dare to cast their nets. Regardless of the mountains, rivers, salt, iron, fish and animals in the territory, they are all the property of the lord.

Without the lord's permission, ordinary civilians dared to salvage the goods without permission. The most severe punishment they could face was capital punishment, which would be hanging on the execution ground.

However, Su Li had just won a great victory, relieving a huge crisis, and was in a very good mood. He ordered: "Before the next storm arrives, civilians are allowed to fish and cast nets."

Of course, the Black Water River is not fully open, at least civilians are strictly prohibited from entering the river.

Su Li knew the style of this world too well. If he dared to be generous and merciful today, he would completely open the Blackwater River and give the civilians some sunshine.

The world will soon teach him a lesson, drown dozens of people on the spot, and let him know what darkness and despair are.

However, the people were grateful for being able to fish and cast nets. They praised the lord's generosity and started fishing. Everyone at the riverside had a good harvest today.

(End of this chapter)